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Cludo: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Cludo is a site search platform that uses AI to interpret visitor intent instead of only matching keywords. Add-ons include AI Summary, which draws answers from the organisation's own content, AI Chat, and AI Mode, a full-screen conversational search experience. It also supports enterprise search across multiple content sources and offers analytics about what visitors look for. Cludo's team can handle implementation, or developers can integrate it through plug-and-play options or APIs. Customers can define which data fields are anonymised.

Cludo ApS is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a North American office in Minneapolis. According to its compliance page, customers choose between EU and US hosting, and data stays in the selected region. Cludo says it follows GDPR and that its internal controls are audited under ISAE 3402 and ISAE 3000; these are the vendor's own statements. European organisations should therefore select the EU region explicitly and check sub-processors in the data processing agreement. Cludo is a proprietary cloud service and not open source.

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Sovereignty score
59 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, US)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-645
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 9, 2026
HeadquartersDK (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEU, USVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryEnterprise Search
TypeProduct
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Cludo

The European alternatives to Cludo come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Cludo

Cludo is headquartered in DK and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Cludo hosts data in EU, US. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Cludo is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Cludo together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Cludo?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Cludo include AddSearch, Datafari and Doofinder. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Cludo?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Cludo include Datafari and Elasticsearch. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Cludo GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Cludo is headquartered in DK (EU) and hosts data in EU, US. That makes Cludo an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 9, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Enterprise Search

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